Car-roof.



H. PRIES.

GAR ROOF.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26, 1911.

1,085,1 58, I Patented Jan. 27-, 1911 In ian dl'wggg entrain er PAenrich.

fiEm hLmllS, OF MICHIGAN CITY,.1NDIANA.

.LLATRHROU'F.

useful Improvements in Car-Roofs, of

which the following is a specification, and which are illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The invention relates to metal roofs for freight cars, its object beingto provide a. roof which" is simple in construction, weather-proof, ofsubstantial strength and easy of repair. These objects are attained inthe structure as. hereinafter described and as illustrated in theaccompanying drawing in which- Figure 1 is a detail in perspective of acar provided with the improved roof, a portion being broken away; Fig. 2is a detail transverse vertical section of the car; Fig. 3 is a detailof the means for securing the roof plates; Fig. 4 is a transversesection on the line 44 of Fig. 5; Fig. 5 is a detail transverse verticalsection through the center of the car roof on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4;and Fig. 6 is a detail "transverse vertical section through the outeredge of the roof.

nuts being applied to the ends of; the rods to draw them up tightlyagainst the saddle block. The sheet metal plates. are designated as 11,Hand are shown as being longitudinally corrugated throughout their en.-tire width} The margins of adjacent plates overlap, as plainly shownin'Fig. 4, thereby providing a weather-proof joint. The ends of theplates 11, 12 are folded down over the side or fascia plates 13, fillers14, 15 being located on the top and side faces respectively, of themembers 13 and having their outer faces-rounded as shown in Fig. 6 toprovide a seat for the metal plates. Rods Spebification 0! LettersIatent.

Application filed May 26, 1911.

. Patented Jan. 27, 1914.

Serial No. 629,669.

16, 17- are anchored in the fascia plates 13. In the preferred form ofconstruction as more plainly illustrated in Fig. 2, these rods aresecured in the fascia plates by having their ends passed therethrough, anut as 18, 19 being applied to the end of the rod and bearing againstthe inner face of the plate. In the form of construction illustrated inFig. 6, the end of the rod is located at the outer side of the fasciaplate and the tiller plate 15 and is giventhe form of an eye, asindicated at 20, a bolt 21 being set through this eye and the fasciaplate and secured by means of a nut 22 applied to its inner end. Therods 16, 17 are folded back over the roof and lie in one of the channelsof the corrugated plates 11, 12, and are so placed as to bear downwardlyupon the overlapping portions of adjacent plates, as shown in Fig. 4.The inner ends of the rods 16, 17 are passed through apertures in asaddle block 23 mounted upon the ridge of the roof and .to the ends ofthe rods-there are applied nuts as 24, 25 hearing against the end facesof the saddle blocks andproviding means for applying strain to the rodsin order to bind the plates firmly to the fillers 14, the purlins 26 andthe ridge plates 27, all of which are mounted upon the usualcarlines'28. Each of the saddle blocks is provided with a seat 29 uponwhich there rests a block of wood 30, being secured in place by means ofbolts 31 fastened through ears 32 rising from the seat 29. The runningboards 33 are nailed to the blocks 30.

While the binding rods are made in two sections one section associatedwith each side of the roof of the frame and both being secured to asaddle block, the invention is of sufficient scope to include anyconstruction in which metal plates are bound to the frame of a roof bymeans of overlying rods.

I claimas my invention- 1. In a car roof, in combination, a suitableframe, sheet metal plates superposed "on the frame, a saddle blocksuperposed on the plates at the ridge of the roof and conforming'to theapex thereof, and binding rods anchored in the saddle blocks and theside members of the frame.

2. In a car roof, in combination, a suitable franie,-sheet metal platessuperposed on the frame, a saddle bloeli superposed on the plates at theridge of the roof and conforming to the apex thereof, binding rodsanchore-din the saddle blocks and the side members of the frame, andmeansfor straining the rods. 7

3. In a cal-proof, 1n combmatlon, a sult- 5 able frame, sheet metalplates superposed side members of the frame,tlie ends of the rodsassociated with the saddle blocks ex- 10 tending therethrough, and nutsapplied to theirprojecting ends;

I HERMAN FRIES.

Witnessesz.

J NO. W.- CARLSON, JOSEPH T. KBURGER.

